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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 201 · 40 questions
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Speaking tips (Grammar point): Most actions add -ed: play → played, watch → watched. Some are special — learn them: go → went, do → did, make → made, take → took, eat → ate. After “did” use the simple word: “Did you watch the film?” (not “watched”).

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  1. 1.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  4. 4.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / to / her / a / Riya / grandmother.
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  6. 6.Make a sentence: wrote / her / a / to / Riya / grandmother. / letter
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  8. 8.🚂 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) picnic (d) sweets
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  11. 11.Make a sentence: a / took / train / to / We / Jaipur.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: to / a / wrote / letter / her / Riya / grandmother.
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / Diwali / We / lit
  15. 15.Make a sentence: on / diyas / lit / night. / We / Diwali
  16. 16.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  17. 17.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / made / Grandmother
  19. 19.Make a sentence: a / to / her / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / letter
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  21. 21.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) letter (d) picnic
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: lit / night. / diyas / We / Diwali / on
  24. 24.🛕 What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) temple (d) picnic
  25. 25.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  26. 26.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / on / night. / lit / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / for / made
  29. 29.Make a sentence: letter / her / wrote / Riya / to / a / grandmother.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets / for
  31. 31.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) letter (d) beach
  32. 32.📷 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) sweets (d) camera
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / a / train / Jaipur. / We / took
  34. 34.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  35. 35.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) temple
  36. 36.Make a sentence: a / We / train / to / took / Jaipur.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: her / letter / a / to / grandmother. / wrote / Riya
  38. 38.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) beach (d) train
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / train / a / We / took / Jaipur.
  40. 40.🎆 What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) sweets

Answer key

  1. went
  2. were
  3. made
  4. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  5. played
  6. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  7. did
  8. train
  9. Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  10. took
  11. We took a train to Jaipur.
  12. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  13. Last week, we went to the beach.
  14. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  15. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. was
  17. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  18. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  19. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  20. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  21. picnic
  22. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  23. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  24. temple
  25. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  26. We took a train to Jaipur.
  27. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  28. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  29. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  30. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  31. sweets
  32. camera
  33. We took a train to Jaipur.
  34. watch
  35. beach
  36. We took a train to Jaipur.
  37. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  38. film
  39. We took a train to Jaipur.
  40. fireworks

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